USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education)

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Articles in April, 2006 issue of USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education)

• California could be next
• The value of staying in school never has been greater
• We never talk anymore
• The times they are a changin'
• Women feel rushed no matter what
• Timely tax tips for teenagers
• Get organized via spring cleaning
• Beer's bad rap for carbs unjustified
• A world view from behind the camera
• Where did all that money go?
• IRS gearing up for big increase
• Can high salary buy job satisfaction?
• Video violence desensitizes brain
• With the average person spending more than 100 hours commuting to work each year, it should come as no surprise that 30% of Americans eat in their cars at least twice a week, declares Kelton Research Inc., Irvine, Calif
• More ways to pay less
• Masterworks of American photography
• Trust is possible among bitter enemies
• The increasing presence of miniature digital music players could have serious consequences in the workplace, warns a cyber-crime specialist at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Marcus Rogers points out that these players have been used by car-theft
• Starting a business in New Orleans
• Bottoms up before the 5 o'clock whistle
• Getting injured pilots back in the saddle
• Young offenders are not necessarily deterred from crime after they turn 18 even when they know they could be slapped with a much longer prison sentence, cautions a study from the University of California, Berkeley
• Guilt more effective than hope or fear
• Grads better prepared for real world
• Ricin: one drop is all it takes
• About one in three adult drivers ages 21-25 have driven under the influence of alcohol or drugs during the past year, according to a report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Washington, D.C
• It's allergy season for dogs, too
• Converting plastic to lubricating oil
• We've gotten older, but are we wiser?
• Before you slip into those jeans made in Swaziland, consider that working conditions in overseas sweatshops not only have helped destroy the U.S. garment industry, but have turned textile workers toiling abroad into the "new slaves" of globalize
• Signs of spring may bring pain
• Tattoo, bling craze raises hiring issues
• Splitting up drops wealth by 77%
• Lower-class, unsuccessful "bad guys" smoke more often in movies than wealthy cinema heroes, new research reveals
• Don't forget about pets
• Wild hair may be okay, but not piercings
• Discovery of coolest earth-like planet
• Revenue boom should pave way for tax cuts
• Despite a common belief that peer pressure against high academic achievement is prevalent among black students, a study conducted by the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, shows that this usually is not the case
• High mercury levels found in popular fish
• Lack of clear policy can be messy
• Spiritual spring cleaning: seven ways to heal